Selected Publications - Dorena GRC
Resistance Overviews
Sniezko, R.A.; Koch, J. 2017. Breeding trees resistant to insects and diseases: putting theory into application. Biol Invasions 19(11):3377-3400. doi:10.1007/s10530-017-1482-5
Sniezko, R.A.; Nelson, C.D. Resistance breeding against tree pathogens (Chapter 10). 2022. In: Forest Microbiology, Vol. 2: Forest Tree Health. Eds. Asiegbu, F.O., Kovalchuk A. Academic Press. P. 159-175.
Sniezko, R.A.; Koch, J.; Liu, J.-J.; Romero-Severson, J. Will Genomic Information Facilitate Forest Tree Breeding for Disease and Pest Resistance? Forests 2023, 14, 2382.
Sniezko, R.A., Liu, JJ. 2023. Prospects for developing durable resistance in populations of forest trees. New Forests 54, 751–767.
Showalter DN, Raffa KF, Sniezko RA, Herms DA, Liebhold AM, Smith JA and Bonello P (2018) Strategic Development of Tree Resistance Against Forest Pathogen and Insect Invasions in Defense-Free Space. Front. Ecol. Evol. 6:124. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00124
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Forest Health and Biotechnology: Possibilities and Considerations. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
Sniezko, Richard A.; Yanchuk, Alvin D.; Kliejunas, John T.; Palmieri, Katharine M.; Alexander, Janice M.; Frankel, Susan J., tech. coords. 2012. Proceedings of the fourth international workshop on the genetics of host-parasite interactions in forestry: Disease and insect resistance in forest trees. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-240. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 372 p.
Forest Genetics in the Pacific Northwest
Sniezko, RA; Smith, J. 2017. Back to the future: genetics and our northwest forests. Western Forester. 62 (3): 1-4. Sept./Oct 2003 WF-24 pgs. (forestry.org)
White Pines & White Pine Blister Rust
Sniezko, R A, Johnson, JS, Kegley, A, & Danchok, R. 2024. Disease resistance in whitebark pine and potential for restoration of a threatened species. Plants, People, Planet, 6(2), 341–361.
Sniezko, RA, Liu J-J. 2022. Genetic resistance to white pine blister rust, restoration options, and potential use of biotechnology. Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 520,
Sniezko, RA, Johnson, JS, Savin, DP. 2020. Assessing the durability, stability, and usability of genetic resistance to a non‐native fungal pathogen in two pine species. Plants, People, Planet, 2: 57– 68.
Sniezko, RA.; Smith, J; Liu, J-J; Hamelin, RC 2014. Genetic Resistance to Fusiform Rust in Southern Pines and White Pine Blister Rust in White Pines—A Contrasting Tale of Two Rust Pathosystems—Current Status and Future Prospects. Forests 2014, 5(9), 2050-2083; doi:10.3390/f5092050
Liu,J-J, Sniezko, RA, Houston, S, Alger, G, Krakowski, J, Schoettle, AW, Sissons, R, Zamany, A, Williams, H, Rancourt, B, Kegley, A, 2025. A New Threat to Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis) Restoration in Alberta and Beyond: First Documentation of a Cronartium ribicola Race (vcr4) Virulent to Cr4-Controlled Major Gene Resistance. Phytopathology® 2025 115:1, 44-53, https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-04-24-0129-R
Bullington, L., Martin, E., Erbilgin, N., Kennedy, P., Kegley, A., Larkin, B., Lekberg, Y., Six, D., Sniezko, R. 2024. Linking symbioses with intrinsic chemical defences in conifers: Fungal-mediated resistance against an invasive pathogen. Journal of Applied Ecology, 61, 3126–3138. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14816
Reid, IR; Cartwright, C; Sniezko, RA;Hamelin, R.C.; Aitken, S.N. 2024. Field-testing whitebark pine resistance to white pine blister rust: A simple, effective approach to progeny testing for restoration, Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 553, 121647, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121647
Liu JJ., Johnson J.S., Sniezko R.A. 2022. Genomic Advances in Research on Genetic Resistance to White Pine Blister Rust in North American White Pines. In: De La Torre A.R. (eds) The Pine Genomes. Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93390-6_8
Johnson JS, Sniezko RA. 2021 Quantitative Disease Resistance to White Pine Blister Rust at Southwestern White Pine’s (Pinus strobiformis) Northern Range. Front. For. Glob. Change 4:765871. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.765871
Sniezko, RA; Danchok, R; Savin, DP.; Liu, J-J; Kegley, A. 2016. Genetic resistance to white pine blister rust in limber pine (Pinus flexilis): major gene resistance in a northern population. Can. J. Forest Research. 46 (9):1173-1178 doi:10.1139/cjfr-2016-0128
Sniezko, R.A.; Kegley, A.J.; Danchok, R., 2008: White pine blister rust resistance in North American, Asian, and European species – results from artificial inoculation trials in Oregon. Annals of Forest Research 51: 53–66.
Kolpak, S.E.; Sniezko, R.A.; Kegley, A.J. 2008. Rust infection and survival of 49 Pinus monticola families at a field site six years after planting. Ann. For. Res. 51:67-80
Kinloch, BB, Jr;Sniezko, RA; Dupper GE. 2004. Virulence gene distribution and dynamics of the white pine blister rust pathogen in western North America. Phytopathology. 94(7):751–758, https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO.2004.94.7.751
Kinloch, BB, Jr.; Sniezko RA;Dupper, GE. 2003. Origin and distribution of Cr2, a gene for resistance to white pine blister rust in natural populations of western white pine. Phytopathology. 93 (6): 691–694. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO.2003.93.6.691
Port-Orford-cedar
Sniezko, RA, Johnson, JS, Reeser, P, Kegley, A, Hansen EM, Sutton, W, Savin DP. 2020. Genetic resistance to Phytophthora lateralis in Port‐Orford‐cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) – Basic building blocks for a resistance program. Plants, People, Planet. 2: 69– 83. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10081
Sniezko, R.A.; J. Hamlin; E.M. Hansen. 2012. Operational program to develop Phytophthora lateralis-resistant populations of Port-Orford-cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana). pp. 65-79. In: Proceedings of the fourth international workshop on the genetics of host-parasite interactions in forestry: Disease and insect resistance in forest trees. Edited by Sniezko RA, Yanchuk AD, Kliejunas JT, Palmieri KM, Alexander JM, Frankel SJ, and tech. coords (2012). Gen Tech Rep PSW-GTR-240. Albany, CA. Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 372pp. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/44026 (http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/psw_gtr240/psw_gtr240_065.pdf)
Betlejewski F, Goheen DJ, Angwin PA, Sniezko RA. 2011. Port-Orford-cedar root disease. Forest Pest Leaflet 131. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, D.C. https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5346825.pdf
‘Ōhi‘a
Luiz, B.C., Giardina, C.P., Keith, L.M., Jacobs, D.F., Sniezko, R.A., Hughes, M.A., Friday, J.B., Cannon, P., Hauff, R., Francisco, K., Chau, M.M., Dudley, N., Yeh, A., Asner, G. Martin, R.E., Perroy, R., Tucker, B.J., Evangelista, A., Fernandez, V., Martins-Keliʻihoʻomalu, C., Santos, K., Ohara, R. 2022. A framework for establishing a rapid ‘Ōhi‘a death resistance program. New Forests https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-021-09896-5.
Koa
Dudley, N.; Jones, T.; Gerber, K.; Ross-Davis, A.L.; Sniezko, R.A.; Cannon, P.; Dobbs, J. 2020. Establishment of a Genetically Diverse, Disease-Resistant Acacia koa A. Gray Seed Orchard in Kokee, Kauai: Early Growth, Form, and Survival. Forests 2020, 11, 1276 https://doi.org/10.3390/f11121276
Dudley, NS; Jones, TC; James, RL; Sniezko, RA; Canon, P; Borthakur, D. 2015. Applied disease screening and selection program for resistance to vascular wilt in Hawaiian Acacia koa. Southern Forests. 77(1):65-73
Pacific madrone
Kamakura, R.P.; DeWald, L.E.; Sniezko, R.A.; Elliott, M.; Chastagner, G.A. 2021.Using differences in abiotic factors between seed origin and common garden sites to predict performance of Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii Pursh), Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 497:119487, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119487.
Oregon Ash
Sniezko RA. 2021. Is There a Future for Oregon Ash? Forest Genetics to the Rescue? (Genetic & Emerald Ash Borer Resistance Projects. Treeline_newsletter202106vff.pdf (b-e-f.org)Or in the full issue at Treeline_newsletter-June-2021.pdf (nnrg.org)
Melton, A.E., Faske, T.M., Sniezko, R.A., Thibault, T., Williams, W., Parchman, T. and Hamilton, J.A. 2025. Genomics-Driven Monitoring of Fraxinus latifolia (Oregon Ash) to Inform Conservation and EAB-Resistance Breeding. Mol Ecol e17640. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17640